Her broken ankle. His aching heart. Marques Johnson's ruptured disk. Bill Walton's bum foot. Whatever the affliction, Donald and Shelly Sterling have long favored one particular cure: a lawsuit.
Over the last four decades, the billionaire couple have...

For a fee, Amy Archer-Gilligan promised to care for the elderly tenants of her Windsor home until they died.
Some inmates, as tenants at the time were called, paid a flat sum of $1,000 for life. Some arranged to leave their estates to Archer-Gilligan....

The daughter of one of the tenants who filed a housing discrimination lawsuit against Donald Sterling in 2003 spoke out in support of the NBA’s decision to ban the embattled Clippers owner for life.
During a teary news conference Ebony Jones,...

BEIJING -- Thanking his Chinese customers for “taking a chance,” Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday handed over the keys to the first nine electric vehicles the California car company has sold in the country.
Plugging in a Model S at...

Open retail strife has broken out in White Marsh as the owners of the area's mall and other established retail centers foment opposition to a proposed upscale outlet mall along Interstate 95.
Paragon Outlet Partners proposed building a 525,000-square-foot center with about 100 outlet stores, including brands such as Calvin Klein, Coach and Kate Spade, that would draw customers from across the region and off I-95. The Baltimore-based firm specializes in such malls, developing centers closer to population...

The biggest threat to the Clippers franchise wasn't sitting courtside, a place where she had the nerve to plant herself in Oakland one day after her estranged husband and co-owner's words tore apart their team.
The biggest danger to the Clippers wasn't in a luxury box, where she unabashedly showed up at Staples Center recently surrounded by bodyguards even though it was clear she was not welcome.
On a sweepin' Oklahoma Wednesday night where outside winds temporarily dimmed the lights and inside...

Attorney Gloria Allred on Monday called Donald Sterling's mea culpa in an exclusive interview with CNN a "non-apology apology," citing a years-long string of race-related lawsuits and alleged discrimination filed against the Los Angeles Clippers owner.
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FOR THE RECORD
An earlier version of this post incorrectly said Kandynce Jones was a defendant in a discrimination case filed against Donald Sterling.
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The news conference came on the same day that Sterling's exclusive...

Following opposition from residents, Coral Springs has dropped its proposal to make it mandatory for rental property owners within Coral Springs Water District to establish water accounts in their names.
The city has found another way to prevent tenants from getting away with unpaid bills.
At last week's City Commission meeting, officials unanimously approved, on first reading, an ordinance that increases the deposit amount for water service account holders. The deposit amount was last increased 15...

Q: Because of personal safety concerns, our board would like to amend our declaration and bylaws to prohibit unit owners from leasing their unit to a person with a criminal record, including, but not limited to, pedophiles, rapists or other similar heinous criminals.
Would such an amendment be enforceable?
A: Such an amendment would not be enforceable based on various principles of real property and anti-discrimination laws.
This type of amendment would be deemed an unreasonable restraint on...

They're called single-room-occupancy hotels or residential hotels, and the frequently dilapidated structures are often the housing of last resort for those down on their luck, a step away from homelessness or a shelter.
The buildings also are a slowly vanishing breed in Chicago, which is why efforts are underway to preserve, and possibly improve, the stock of affordable housing for Chicago's most financially struggling residents.
At the same time, though, such a move could thwart private investment in...